NaturalPedia > Dry Cleaning

Quotes about Dry Cleaning from the world's top natural health / natural living authors

 Email this page to a friend   |  Click here for FREE email alerts

page 1 of 2 | Next ->

"We can identify chemicals in cosmetics, nail polish, plastics, household cleaners, dry cleaning, and foods. A survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals) is currently underway, which monitors 145 chemicals in 2,500 people in the United States." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Environmental estrogen, or xenoestrogen (pronounced "ZEE-no-estrogen"), can be found in pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, plastics, fuels, car exhausts, dry cleaning chemicals, industrial waste, and meat from animals that have been fed estrogenic drugs to fatten them. It is also found in the synthetic estrogen and progesterone (chemically termed progestin) of birth control pills and hormone therapies; these synthetic hormones are secreted in women's urine, are flushed down the toilet, and eventually make their way back into the food chain." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Dry Cleaning ¦MM When it comes to processes with harmful environmental impacts, dry cleaning takes the cake. Most dry cleaners use a solvent called perchloroethylene, or perc; the process produces waste that the Environmental Protection Agency considers hazardous. Perc is toxic to plants, fish, and marine animals, and toxic to us in large doses. It can potentially contaminate drinking water if it's allowed to seep into the the ground." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Avoid excess exposure to environmental petrochemicals and toxins (garden chemicals, dry cleaning, car exhaust, secondhand smoke). •r Avoid charbroiled foods that contain cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. -!* Avoid microwaved food, which produces more AGEs or advanced glycation end products in the food and creates more oxidative stress and inflammation.2 v Use HEPA/ULPA filters and ionizers to reduce dust, molds, volatile organic compounds (off-gassing from synthetic carpets, furniture, and paints), and other sources of indoor air pollution. • ?" - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"You can green your home as best you can, eat organic, avoid dry cleaning the clothes, throw out the solvents, and buy bedding sans flame retardants, but can you find that hallowed ground far from the chemical-driven American industrial machine? It is difficult to locate that halcyon land where toxic waste sites, nasty landfills, dry-cleaner TCE spills, and PCB-laced soil don't linger nearby—which is part of the reason why it is so hard to prove cause and effect between toxic waste and any disease cluster." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Ingenious new chemicals were starting to be employed to help manufacture everything Americans demanded to make their lives easier, simpler, and more luxurious—from plastics to hair shampoo, detergents, brake linings, carpet pads, cold creams, dry cleaning fluid, foam cushions, paint strippers, household cleansers and bleaches, and bigger, grander cars. Almost overnight, Americans began to find themselves inundated with and clamoring for the suburban home products, packaged goods, and manufactured foods churned out by mega-industry." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Although Becky is not a frequent user of solvents—and has little reason to fret over a one-time use in her garage—frequent use of paint thinners, removers, and mineral spirits by those who use them in occupations such as dry cleaning or airplane manufacturing (to degrease parts) or in the leather industry (to strip and tan hides) have been linked in occupational studies to a two- to threefold risk of developing multiple sclerosis, connective tissue diseases, and the autoimmune disease scleroderma. The problem is, Becky is breast-feeding." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Travel back again through Becky's day and think of her paint stripping and gluing projects, her dry cleaning hanging on her closet door, and the traces of TCE in the water in her afternoon tea and you get the gist of just how pervasive our exposure to TCE is.) If you were to visit the National Library of Medicine's toxmap online and enter "trichloroethylene," a diagram of the United States would pop up showing 312 current sites where TCE has been improperly disposed of and where efforts are under way to clean it up—in addition to 360 TCE-contaminated Superfund sites." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The third level of distraction that keeps us "in a bottle" and unable to tap the power of the ocean is the distraction that comes from the thoughts and feelings in our own minds: that important meeting, the embarrassing situation at work, feeling bad about not showing up at your sister's for Thanksgiving, planning a vacation, gearing up for that parent-teacher conference, remembering to call the doctor, picking up the dry cleaning, and so on. Subconscious fear, sadness, anger, or anxiety also distract and preoccupy our minds." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Make a mental note to avoid buying clothes that require dry cleaning. Choose natural fibers such as cotton, linen, wool, and hemp. When you do choose to dry-clean certain pieces, let them aerate outside for a day before placing them in your closet or wearing them. (And be sure to remove any plastic covering from the cleaners!) A Room with a Fume Carpets, fabrics, and upholstery are prime spots for toxins, due to the flame retardants and solvents. Make it a goal to think about replacing these over time with products that are not made with chemicals." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Decaffeinated coffee may be more harmful to the liver, as the process used to decaffeinate coffee beans usually uses large amounts of toxic chemicals, such as formaldehyde and trichloroethylene, which is used as a degreas-ing agent in the metal industry and as a solvent in dry cleaning. For this reason I recommend using organic decaffeinated blends. Beverage Coffee, brewed (8 oz.) Espresso (2 oz.) Tea, black brewed (8 oz.) Tea, green (8 oz.) Tea, white (8 oz.) Hot chocolate (8 oz.) Coffee, decaf (8 oz.) Pepsi-Cola (8 oz.) Snapple sweet tea (8 oz." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Air out your dry cleaning. Do so after you bring it home, before wearing it. -I- Avoid excess exposure to environmental petrochemicals. These include garden chemicals, dry cleaning fumes, car exhaust, and secondhand smoke. ??Reduce or eliminate the use of toxic household and personal care products. Underarm deodorant, antacids, and pots and pans containing aluminum are good examples. • !?Remove allergens and dust. Cleanse your home as much as possible of these elements. • ?Minimize electromagnetic radiation (EMR).EMR from radios,TVs, and microwave ovens can be toxic. • ?" - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"These include items like dry cleaning chemicals, the toxins from new carpets, plant mold, perfume, hair dye, cosmetics and many other unnatural substances that didn't bother you before when your body was polluted. To make your life more natural, you will want to detoxify your environment by getting rid of all exogenous sources of toxemia. Overcoming Cravings for Cooked Foods Numerous cases histories kept by many health care practitioners report that a client or patient detoxifying a particular food sometimes craves that very food." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Let your dry cleaning air out (preferably outside) before storing it. Use "wet cleaning" if you are lucky enough to have it in your area. Avoid excess moisture and mold. Check areas—particularly your basement, kitchen, and bathrooms—for moisture accumulation and leaks. Regularly clean surfaces where mold usually grows?around showers and tubs and beneath sinks. Switch from standard cleaning products to natural ones or make your own. See Resources on page 305 or my website, www .spentmd.com, for the products I recommend and a more complete list of ways to decrease your household toxic load." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Oh, and the dry cleaning. Oh, oh, and he has to stop at the ATM and get some cash—after he sits in traffic for forty-five minutes or so. Unfortunately, Barry's day is typical for many of us in the upside-down world. With so much stimulation, it's no wonder we feel harried, stressed, and overwhelmed. The brain, the central processor of all this stimuli, is an incredibly efficient tool. It receives, interprets, and acts upon all the information coming at it from the five senses—and, as if that weren't enough—an average of forty thousand thoughts per day. That's right, forty thousand. Whew!" - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"Avoid dry cleaning. The chemicals in dry cleaning are toxic poisons. Putting them on your skin increases risk of dozens of diseases. 40. Make your own beer and wine. If you are going to drink beer and wine, make it yourself with pure organic ingredients. It's fun, it tastes better and it's much healthier for you. Beer and wine are not unhealthy; however, the chemicals on the grapes, the hops, and other ingredients get into the final product. The heat used in processing kills the beneficial living enzymes." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"Limit dry cleaning to only what absolutely has to be dry cleaned. Use only dry cleaners that have stopped using either trichloroethylene or perchloroethelyene (PERC). These chemicals have been linked to kidney and nervous system damage as well as cancer (in the person wearing the clothes, as well as the person cleaning them). Moth balls with their naphthalene or p-dichlorobenzene are way too strong for killing insects (they're carcinogens); use cedar chips instead." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"As a toddler, he survived a benzene explosion in his family home-based dry cleaning plant. (See the photo that opens this chapter.) "Yes, benzene," Aunt Bertha told me. "It was for sure benzene they had been using, because it cleaned up the clothes real good. They had fought the fire by themselves, because they didn't want nobody to know what they'd done." Benzene basically slices through membranes and gets into the part of the bone that makes blood—our marrow. Once there, it can keep iron from getting into red blood cells, rendering them sickly white." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "That he also survived a massive explosion of benzene from the family dry cleaning shop underneath his home when he was a toddler surely added to the lifelong burden on his ability to make healthy blood. Maybe that accident in 1924 contributed to his death many decades later. We can't say. Look around and it seems that cancer has become the price of modern life. In America and England, one out of every two men and one out of every three women will develop cancer in their lifetime. In America alone, there are currently more than 10 million cancer survivors." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"A-Z index of health topics, although definitions do exist for bird flu, chronic fatigue syndrome, dog bites, dry cleaning, iron overload, lockjaw, mold, plaque, sex education, and swimmer's itch. When asked about the omission, a CDC health communications specialist explained that the agency just "looks at hypoglycemia as it relates to diabetes." Meanwhile, MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, states (on its website) that hypoglycemia only affects "approximately 1 out of every 1,000 people." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Merely coming into contact with various substances, such as pesticides, soaps, shampoos, hair sprays, residues from laundry products or dry cleaning chemicals on clothing, or any other of a vast array of other seemingly innocuous household items can unleash a maddening attack of hives. The severity of a hives outbreak can vary from case to case as well as from person to person. Some people can break out in hives if they merely touch a certain type of plant or bush; others may develop hives only with considerable exposure, such as overconsumption of a certain food." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Avoid dry cleaning. Greenearth Cleaning www.greenearthcleaning.com (816) 926-0895 Ecover Delicate Wash www.ecover.com Natural Choices www.oxyboost.com (866) 699-2667 Oasis all purpose cleaner www.oasis.com (586) 795-0545 30. Make your own beer and wine. Homebrew Heaven www.homebrewheaven.com (800) 850-2739 Perfect Brewing Supply www.perfectbrewing.com (847) 947-7665 Home Wine and Beer Trade Association www.hwbta.org (813) 685-4261 Beer-Wine.com www.beer-wine.com (800) 523-5423 The Brew Hut www.thebrewhut.com (800) 730-9336 31. Buy a good vacuum cleaner with a hepa filter." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Born in Canada, LETS create a local system of trade in which monetary values are assigned to various items—flowers, meals at restaurants, dry cleaning, groceries, etc. It is based on a barter system of goods and services that people in the community have to offer each other. A value is agreed upon for each product and service. A Currency Network Office keeps track of all transactions and their relative price on any given day or week." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"These include garden chemicals, dry cleaning fumes, car exhaust, and secondhand smoke. ??Reduce or eliminate the use of toxic household and personal care products. Underarm deodorant, antacids, and pots and pans containing aluminum are good examples. • !?Remove allergens and dust. Cleanse your home as much as possible of these elements. • ?Minimize electromagnetic radiation (EMR).EMR from radios,TVs, and microwave ovens can be toxic. • ?Reduce ionizing radiation. Don't overdo sun exposure or medical tests such as X-rays. • ?Reduce your exposure to heavy metals." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.) "CD Are you bothered by one or more of the following: gasoline or diesel fumes, perfumes, new-car smells, fabric stores, dry cleaning, hair spray or other strong odors, soaps, detergents, tobacco smoke, or chlorinated water? D Do you have a negative reaction when you consume foods containing garlic or onions, MSG, sulfites (found in wine, salad bars, dried fruit), sodium benzoate (a preservative), red wine, cheese, bananas, chocolate, or even a small amount of alcohol?" - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"The company had a small store with dry cleaning pick-up, postal services, and a spacious cafeteria serving everything from gourmet sandwiches to a fresh salad bar, ice cream, pizzas, and high-quality Mexican, Italian, and American cuisine. They even had a fashionable gym on the premises, where employees enervated by long meetings could work out and refresh. In December, employees could choose from a range of corporate gifts, from DVD players to small television sets. Preparation for Take-Over The positive atmosphere vanished quickly in the wake of the news of the take-over." - Peter Rost, The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman (Get the book.)

"Among its many other commercial applications, it was also one of the first dry cleaning agents. Carbon disulfide falls somewhere in between methane and carbon tetrachloride. It does indeed occur in nature but only in trace amounts and, even then, under rather unusual environmental conditions. Carbon disulfide can sometimes be found, for instance, near the mouth of an active volcano. Oceanic carbon disulfide can be detected as well, possibly as a metabolic by-product of certain planktons." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"Cutting back on the frequency of regular purchases, such as haircuts or dry cleaning, may also yield significant savings. It will be an altogether different story when the monetary presses are running flat out and hyperinflation rages. Under those circumstances, shopping around and waiting to buy are absolutely the wrong things to do. In no time at all, in fact, this strategy could lead to impoverishment." - Michael J. Panzner, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes (Get the book.)

"AVOID dry cleaning ENTIRELY In the future when you buy clothing, choose fabrics and styles that do not require dry cleaning. This may require a slight or major change in your wardrobe, but it can be done, and stylishly, too (see Clothing). Fabric Softeners_ Harmful ingredients: aerosol propellants, ammonia, artificial dyes, very strong synthetic fragrances. Warning labels: "caution: Keep out of reach of children." Fabric softeners are designed to reduce static cling in synthetic fabrics and are unnecessary with natural fibers." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"In time they realized that he needed to change his clothes as soon as he walked through the door because the chemical solvents in the dry cleaning fluid had permeated his clothing and this odor caused a change in his daughter's behavior. Other chemicals that caused symptoms included the smell of ink and paper in new books or fresh newspapers, mimeo or copy paper, lighter fluid, soft plastic and fresh asphalt. Any of these could affect her so she could not walk or speak in a normal manner. She would act oddly, make strange noises or feel tired, depressed, angry, giddy and silly." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

page 1 of 2 | Next ->

FAIR USE NOTICE: The research quoted here is provided under the protection of Fair Use provisions and published by the 501(c)3 non-profit Consumer Wellness Center for the purposes of public comment and education. Authors / publishers may submit books for consideration of inclusion here.

TERMS OF USE: Read full terms of use. Citations of text from NaturalPedia must include: 1) Full credit to the original author and book title. 2) Secondary credit to the Natural News Naturalpedia as a research resource and a link to www.NaturalPedia.com

This unique compilation of research is copyright (c) 2008, 2009 by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center.

ABOUT THE CREATOR OF NATURALPEDIA: Mike Adams, the creator of NaturalPedia, is the editor of NaturalNews.com, the internet's top natural health news site, creator of the Honest Food Guide (www.HonestFoodGuide.org), a free downloadable consumer food guide based on natural health principles, author of Grocery Warning, The 7 Laws of Nutrition, Natural Health Solutions, and many other books available at www.TruthPublishing.com, creator of the earth-friendly EcoLEDs company (www.EcoLEDs.com) that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting products, founder of Arial Software (www.ArialSoftware.com), a permission e-mail technology company, creator of the CounterThink Cartoon series (www.NaturalNews.com/index-cartoons.html) and author of over 1,500 articles, interviews, special reports and reference guides available at www.NaturalNews.com. Adams' personal philosophy and health statistics are available at www.HealthRanger.org.